Biden and Harris congratulate Trump on victory
6 November 23:26
The current US President Joe Biden had a phone conversation with Donald Trump and congratulated him on his victory in the presidential election. This was reported by the Associated Press, Komersant ukrainskyi
reports
It is noted that Biden also invited Trump to the White House to discuss the transfer of power.
The White House said that the staff would agree on a date in the near future. Biden plans to address the nation on the election results.
The US president also spoke with Vice President Harris to congratulate her on her campaign.
Earlier, US Vice President Kamala Harris called Trump to congratulate him on his victory. In the conversation, Harris emphasized the importance of a peaceful transfer of power, the AP source said.
Harris has not yet publicly conceded defeat in the election. The Democratic candidate is expected to give a speech to her supporters in the near future.
As a reminder, Donald Trump has received 277 of the required 270 votes in the presidential race so far. In addition, the Republicans, whose candidate was Trump, won a majority in the Senate – 52 out of the 50 required seats.
As for the House of Representatives, it is not yet possible to determine who won the majority. After all, Republicans and Democrats are almost tied: the former won 198 seats, and the latter won 178. But analysts are already saying that Republicans are likely to have a majority in both houses of Congress.
